Car-replacer.



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E. BABIN. CAR REPLACER.

APPLICATION FILED APRA I, 1908.

909,5 1 6, Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Strona? S ERNEST BABIN, OF HOHEN SOLMS, LOUISIANA.

CAR-REPLACER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Application sied April 1, isos. serial No. 424,652.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST BABIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hohen Solms, in the parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Replacers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rThis invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in car replacers, the object being to provide a simple device which may be readily attached and secured to a rail, to be engaged by one of the wheels of a derailed car to replace the same.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a side view of a car replacer embody ing my invention. F ig. 2 is a top view, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View of my car replacer.

In replacing derailed cars, it is necessary to lift the wheel upon one side a sufficient distance so that the iange of the wheel will rotate over the top of the rail, and find a proper seating against the inner face of the head of the rail. The derailed wheels between the rails are not so difficult to replace as those upon the outside, for the reason that the tread of the wheels is adjacent the rail upon which the wheel is to be replaced.

In order to provide a readily secured car replacer, I construct a strut comprising the base portion 5, having the base engaging lip 6. Extending upward from the base portion 5 is the upstanding bar portion 7 provided with the laterally extending stop shoulder 9, adapted to' come into engagement with the head of the rail, and extending from this shoulder portion 9 is the top portion 10 continued in the hook-forming parts 11 and 12,

these portions 10, 11 and 12 forming a hook' adapted to engage the head of the rail. The upper portion 10 of this strut is perforated as shown at 14 and this perforation is enlarged below to form the seat 15 and held within this seat and perforation is a pin comprising the stem 17 having the head 19 adapted to rest within the seat 15.

The skid 16 is provided with a perforation and a seat 20 and the stem 17 is upset as shown at 21 and driven into the seat 20 to pivotally unite this skid tothe strut. At the perforated end the skid is beveled, as disclosed at 21:, while the opposite end adapted to be placed upon the tie to receive the car wheel is wedge-shaped to facilitate the operation of guiding the wheel upon the skid.

The hook portion of the strut is so arranged that the strut may be tilted over the head of the rail in which condition the shoulder 9 will rest against one side of the rail-head while the portion 11 rests against the opposite side of the rail head, the lip 12 preventing any vertical displacement. The lower' stop lip 6 which is adapted to rest against the base of the rail A also assists in preventing any movement of the strut.

This construction method insures a structure adapted to be readily placed upon and removed from a rail while at the same time insuring a device sufficiently strong to meet all the requirements.

And having thus described my said invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by U. S. Letters Patent is- A car-replacer, comprising a strut having a base from which extends upwardly a bar portion having a laterally extending shoulder portion and a lower engaging lip, a hook forming member projecting from said bar portion, said hook forming portion where it engages the rail being perforated, a pin within said perforation, and a skid having an upper beveled end pivotally secured to said pin, all arranged as shown.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST BABIN.

Witnesses:

L. MEYER, Gus'ravn KOHN. 

